Shimane Prefectural Police Department announced their new applicant guidelines. It was quite unique because they eliminated physical requirement; applicants used to need over 160cm tall. They said they wanted to hire various skilled person…

I've been busy these days. I should read Murakami's new novel, but I can't read it. I want to read the book calmly.

I'm a member of a small local town community. Only 35 families in the community. The average age of the members might be over 70 or so. I'm a very young mender compare to other members. By the end of February, 13 members will withdraw from…

Haruki Murakami's new novel has just published. I was looking forward to get the new story for a long time. I'll have time tomorrow, so I can read it. Exciting.

I calculated my tax today. It was not so hard. I use an accounting software. I just had to put some figures into it. The only thing I have to do is to submit the tax paper to tax office.

My son's table tennis club is going to have a farewell party next week. The parents association of the club produces the party. I'm a vice president of it and I have to be the MC this year. I'm not sure I can do it well.

Today is Takeshima Day. One hundred and twelve years ago on this day, Japan's Shimane prefecture joined Takeshima Islands as its territory. Many fishermen worked around the islands for live until Korean military seized the islands in 1954.…

I've been listening to an American history audiobook. Lincoln became the president at the moment and the American Civil War broke out. The battles were terrible. Each sides didn't stop fighting easily. President Lincoln said to be the best…

The world No. 5 tennis player Kei Nishikori lost the final of the clay-court Argentina Open. The winner was Alexander Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Kei lost six final matches in a row. It was a real disaster for him. Next taurnament is also clay-…

I've collected several work books for Eiken. Word books, exercise books, past problems collections and so on. I didn't do the same for taking TOEIC before, but I enjoy doing that this time. That is because Eiken probrems suit my interests …

I checked an online English school wed site. I knew I withdraw from the school, but I wanted to confirm I did it certainly. I clicked this and that for confirmation. Without knowing it, I subscribed on month lesson by accident. I had to ta…

I bought an English reference book for preparing university exams. It teaches English grammar and reading comprehension. I have to read lots of Japanese and there are tons of jargons in the book. I'm confused. But I'll try toread through t…

I'm in the middle of making my web shop at BASE. I'm not good at IT things, so I'm tired. Wish me luck everyone. Good night!

I use Pass-tan word book and its iPhone app for building English vocabulary for the sake of mainly taking Eiken. First, I brows word book one segment and then I take a quiz with the app. I enjoy doing that more than I thought. I'm working …

North Koren agents killed Kim Jong-nam with poisoned needles at an airport in Malaysia. He was North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's brother. The dictator of the kingdom has been killing many high ranked government and party's officials since …

Online English school became popular in Japan. It's really useful for English learners. You can learn English at home or anywhere you like. I often took online lessons befor, three or four years ago, but I rarely took them these years. I w…

I'm listening to an American history lecture audiobook. It starts before the discovery of America toward present time. I'm at the 1820's. Steam boats played active role then. Looking back Japan as the same time, it was called Bunsei period…

The snow has calmed down, but snow stil covers everywhere in my city. Our neighbor prefecture, Tottori, recorded over 80cm of snow. The temperature stays lower. I'll have to drive tomorrow morning, so I should be take care of driving.

It's been snowing all day. I got up at 3am. There was no snow then. Snow began 3:30am and it covered everywhere soon. I don't welcome this heavy snow. Please don't.

I read an article about Rakuten. Rakuten is a popular online shopping company in Japan. The company introduced English as its common language to use because they wanted to expand their business overseas. They had to use English even betwee…

I learned about 120 new verbs and 120 nouns. Of course I can't memorize all of them. After learning them, I tried word quizzes about the words. I tried several times to complete the quizzes and I did. I have to repeat that circle again and…

I'm listening to an American history lecture audiobook. I once listened other lecture before, but I wanted to listen another one because I really like learning American history. I like especially the American Revolution and the American Ci…

I learned 120 new English words with a word book. I didn't care if I could memorize them today. Perhaps, I didn't. The book has 2,400 words to learn. I'll complete them by June. I will.

I couldn't study about unfamiliar English words today. I had to go shopping with my wife and to do other chores. I will make my vocabulary great again. Believe me. Vocabulary first. Vocabulary first.

It's hard to memorize new word with word books. I forget them so easily. And sometimes, I wonder if these unfamiliar words are common in English speaking countries. I tried to check unfamiliar words in a newspaper. There, I found many word…

I took Eiken 1st grade test last month. The results of the teat published today. I failed it. I knew it, of course. I needed 2028 out of 2550 points, but I got only 1943. It is obvious that lack of vocabulary would be my problem. It might …

Tomorrow is Setsubun. Having Makizushi on the day became popular recently. My family ate makizushis or ehomaki today because my son is going to go to Tottori for three days sports trip tomorrow.

An opinion poll showed 49% of the people agreed with President Trump's traveling ban policy while 41% disagreed with it in the US. It reflected America was a country that divided into two groups. How long does it last?